Overview

• Ursa Major landed the $32.9 million award on June 16 to deliver 16 upgraded Hadley H13 engines for Stratolaunch’s reusable Talon-A test platform.
• The H13 variant employs advanced metals and is engineered for extra starts, allowing it to fly more than twice as many missions as its predecessor.
• Hadley engines have already powered multiple Talon-A flights, achieving sustained Mach 5+ speeds and enabling successful vehicle recovery.
• The multi-year deal bolsters the Pentagon’s hypersonic test infrastructure and supports an increased flight campaign through 2032.
• Each H13 engine generates about 5,000 pounds of thrust using liquid oxygen and kerosene in an oxygen-rich staged combustion cycle common to orbital-class systems.